Geotextile Tube Structures Project Summaries

IAI has installed miles of geotextile tubes over shorelines and in shallow waters, to protect beaches from erosion and fill in areas washed out by hurricanes. IAI has also filled geotextile tubes with coal ash, placing the tubes around ash ponds to increase berm height and build containment walls. Here are some examples of our work:

IAI recently participated in the 2017 WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo, held in Vancouver, British Columbia, June 26 - 29. The Expo provided a great opportunity for our team to reconnect with friends and colleagues in the dredging industry, exchange ideas and learn about exciting innovations in the field.
Mile Point Presentation and Technical … [Read more...]

Next week, IAI Project Manager, Kirk Foley, will be presenting a technical paper on IAI's work on the Mile Point Training Wall project, at the WEDA Dredging Summit & Expo '17. The paper was co-authored by Kirk and IAI Technical Director, Aaron Wright, and describes the challenges of installing a geotextile tube wall in the fast-moving, … [Read more...]

These beautiful aerial shots of an in-water geotextile tube installation, off the coast of Florida, beg to be shared! Infrastructure Alternatives is working as a subcontractor for this on-going channel improvement project. Click here to learn more about our Geotextile Tube Structures services.
Get updates on the project at the U.S. Army Corps of … [Read more...]

The Raccoon Island Marsh Creation Project was led by the Natural Resources Conservation Service in the Spring of 2013 to establish a larger breeding ground for pelicans. A dike was installed and material was dredged from the ocean to create the marsh.
This shoreline protection project utilized hydraulic dredging to install 4,620 feet of scour aprons and … [Read more...]

Summary:
As part of an effort to restore emergent sandbar habitat in the Missouri River for two endangered species of bird (the least tern and the piping plover), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers let this project. Infrastructure Alternatives provided geotextile tube installation and filling services, deploying and filling approximately 1,028 lineal feet of … [Read more...]